Hello Bob,
Your resources are very useful!
Thank you very much!
Bob Basques wrote:
> Adrian,
>> There are a few online color schemers that you might be interested in. They set up some nice complimentary color schemes for you automatically.
>> Some of them also address the fact that there are also color blind folks out there.
>> Some that I know of:
>>http://www.colorschemer.com/online.html>http://www.wellstyled.com/tools/colorscheme2/index-en.html>http://www.wellstyled.com/tools/colorscheme2/index-en.html>> bobb
>>>>>>>>> Adrian Popa <adrian_gh.popa at romtelecom.ro> 01/07/09 11:03 AM >>>
>>>>> Yeah, but sadly I am stuck with mapserver 4.10, which doesn't even have
> AGG support :( I'll have to wait until we upgrade to a newer server to
> start fresh with the new version
>> Bob Basques wrote:
>>> Adrian,
>>>> No problem.
>>>> You should be aware, that the newer versions of MapServer (I think still dev) have the option of setting outline/edge colors and widths. My approach is really old school. The newer methods only involve cycling through the data once and painting vs my stacking approach.
>>>> Once that stuff boils down some more I'll probably examine it for conversion of the googlish map file as well.
>>>> bobb
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Adrian Popa <adrian_gh.popa at romtelecom.ro> 01/07/09 12:55 AM >>>
>>>>>>>>>>>> Hello Bob,
>> Thank you for your help. I had a feeling that you would get those nice
>> road features by overlaying layers, but I was keeping my fingers crossed
>> for a simpler, alternate method.
>> I will shamelessly steal the colors in your map :)
>>>> Thanks again,
>> Adrian
>>>> Bob Basques wrote:
>>>>>>> Adrian,
>>>>>> See attached for example Mapfile. Basically think layering, as in drawing the line more than one, by stacking lines on top of each other.
>>>>>> bobb
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Adrian Popa <adrian_gh.popa at romtelecom.ro> 01/06/09 1:48 AM >>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Happy new year everyone!
>>>>>> I need your help with the aesthetics of my mapserver application. I am
>>> drawing the map of a country (with cities and villages) and also a layer
>>> of fiber optics (which can be approximated with a road layer). I have
>>> the fiber separated by capacity (STM1 being the lowest capacity, going
>>> to STM64 witch is the highest capacity).
>>>>>> Currently I am differentiating between fiber of different capacities by
>>> using different colors and different line thickness. Unfortunately, it
>>> isn't so pleasant on the eye (see attachment).
>>>>>> Can you share the colors you use to draw the following elements - so I
>>> can model my map to look a bit better?
>>> - map background (I'm not using raster images)
>>> - cities
>>> - small towns/villages
>>> - roads
>>> - rivers
>>> - text elements
>>>>>> Also, a small screen capture, to show the colors would be nice.
>>>>>> I have an additional question: can elements such as roads be drawn in
>>> such a way that they look like google maps (see second attachment) -
>>> meaning not just a single color, but apparently color + boundries?
>>>>>> Thank you for your help
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
--
Adrian Popa
Network Engineer
Romtelecom S.A.
Divizia Centrul National de Operare Retea
Departament Transport IP & Metro
Compartiment IP Core
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